[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 185 (Thursday, September 24, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 51093]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-25591]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[AK-040-96-003; AA-76879, AA-77643, AA-77776, AA-76936, AA-76935, AA-
77839]


Notice of Realty Action; Sale of Public Lands in Southwest and 
Southcentral Alaska and Notice of Approved Plan Amendment to the 
Southwest and Southcentral Management Framework Plans (MFP) in 
Southwest and Southcentral Alaska

SUMMARY: The BLM has amended the Southwest and Southcentral MFPs to 
allow for the sale of public lands needed for church-group related 
development and to resolve several land occupancy problems. The 
following described public lands have been examined through the land 
use planning process and have been found suitable for disposal pursuant 
to Section 203 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, 
43 U.S.C. 1713. Parcel Two of the following described lands is also 
classified as suitable for lease and sale under the Recreation and 
Public Purposes Act, as amended, 43 U.S.C. 969.

Parcel One (AA-76879): Seward Meridian, Alaska

T. 20 N., R. 8 E., Sections 23 and 26.

    Containing approximately 80 acres.

Parcel Two (AA-77643): Seward Meridian, Alaska

T. 15 N., R. 1 W., Lot 53, Section 19.

    Containing approximately 1.42 acres.

Parcel Three (AA-77776): Seward Meridian, Alaska

T. 17 N., R. 2 E., Section 26, Lot 22.

    Containing approximately 0.94 acre.

Parcel Four (AA-76396): Kateel River Meridian, Alaska

T. 27 S., R. 22 E., Section 32.

    Containing approximately 45 acres.

Parcel Five (AA-76935): Kateel River Meridian, Alaska

T. 27 S., R. 22 E., Section 32.

    Containing approximately 1 acre.

Parcel Six (AA-77839): Seward Meridian, Alaska

T. 2 N., R. 12 W., Sections 21 and 22.

    Containing approximately .72 acre.

    The above lands contain approximately 129 acres.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert P. Rinehart, Anchorage Field 
Office, Bureau of Land Management, 6881 Abbott Loop Rd., Anchorage, 
Alaska, 99507-2599, (907) 267-1272.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of this sale is to allow three 
church groups to pursue needed development and to resolve three 
inadvertent land occupancy situations. Conveyance of the above public 
lands will be subject to:
    A right-of-way thereon for ditches and canals constructed by the 
authority of the United States: Act of August 30, 1890, 26 Stat 391; 43 
U.S.C. 945.
    Conveyance of Parcel One also would be subject to execution of a 
``hold harmless agreement'' for any liability arising from Victory 
Ministries activities on the site, before or after the sale.
    For a period of 45 days from the date this notice is published in 
the Federal Register, interested parties may submit comments on the 
sale to the Field Manager, Anchorage Field Office, Bureau of Land 
Management, 6881 Abbott Loop Road, Anchorage, Alaska 99507-2599. Any 
adverse comments will be evaluated by the State Director, who may 
sustain, vacate, or modify this realty action. In the absence of any 
objections, this proposed realty action will become final.
Nick Douglas,
Field Manager.
[FR Doc. 98-25591 Filed 9-23-98; 8:45 am]
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